Background: Fat and protein sources may influence whether lowcarbohydrate diets are associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Objective: The objective was to compare the associations of 3 lowcarbohydrate diet scores with incident T2D. Design: A prospective cohort study was conducted in participants from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study who were free of T2D, cardiovascular disease, or cance...

In your June editorial, “Is Blockade of Pancreatic Lipase the Answer?” (1), you suggest that the success of the 2-y clinical trials of orlistat is diminished by the propensity of obese patients to regain weight. I disagree. The North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO) considers a weight loss of ≥ 5% to be clinically significant (2). In each of the published clinical trials of...

Additional research papers will be used to supplement specific topics and will be listed with each topic. 1. Diagram a mechanical model of muscle. What actual structures in muscle may the individual components in the model correspond to? (R. p. 9-10) 2. Draw a diagram illustrating the length-tension relationship of muscle for active contraction and passive stretch. (R. p. 11) What is the contri...

ALBANY, July 19 — New Pay rates for more than 21,000 State jobs in 70 different titles were announced by J. Earl Kelly, Director of Classification and Compensation, State Department of Civil Service. This brings to 45,000 the number of positions now reallocated to the new State pay scale, with about 31.000 more to come about August 1, Mr. Kelly said. The new rates have been approved by State Bu...

On the Hidden Costs of Incentive Schemes By enriching a principal-agent model it is shown that the introduction of monetary incentives may reduce an agent’s motivation. In a first step, we allow for the possibility that some agents stick to unverifiable agreements. The larger the fraction of reliable agents, the lower powered will then be the optimal incentive scheme and fixed wages become opti...

A large 4,4'-biphenylene-spaced bis-β-diketone ligand is demonstrated to form a neutral tetrahedral M(4)L(6) metal-organic cage that encloses a volume of 844 Å(3) and encapsulates four tetrahydrofuran guest molecules.

For a finite group $G$‎, ‎let $Cent(G)$ denote the set of centralizers of single elements of $G$‎. ‎In this note we prove that if $|G|leq frac{3}{2}|Cent(G)|$ and $G$ is 2-nilpotent‎, ‎then $Gcong S_3‎, ‎D_{10}$ or $S_3times S_3$‎. ‎This result gives a partial and positive answer to a conjecture raised by A‎. ‎R‎. ‎Ashrafi [On finite groups with a given number of centralizers‎, ‎Algebra‎ ‎Collo...

BACKGROUND FAS-670 A>G (rs1800682) and FASL-844 C>T (rs763110) polymorphisms have been previously correlated with clinical outcome of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and breast and bladder cancers. We investigated the influence of these polymorphisms on clinical outcome of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this cohort study (NCT02269878), 68 epithelioid...